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I've been doing a lot of reading about politics lately. No, this is not going to become a political blog. I can't be that long-winded that consistently. But I have trouble in political discourse in person; I like to rely on things like "evidence" and "logic", neither of which is necessarily quick to have on-hand in a face-to-face chat. To say

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[tansyrak]

It's not an issue of getting dumber, it's the way the system works- it simultaneously favors poor choices in candidates and catering to voters who make choices based on poor criteria, and creates a self perpetuating cycle. The only way to break it is to not buy into it as is- a third party or a protest vote may seem like a joke, but people from both sides of the political isle are becoming more and more dissatisfied, and it won't surprise me if "third party" votes make up a larger percentage this year than the norm. It shows that you care enough to vote, but that you find both Republican and Democratic choices unacceptable. There's a difference between voting for a candidate with whom you don't entirely agree with but can still mostly support, and candidates with whom you can only regard as the lesser of two evils. Honestly, The latter, at best, just forestalls an inevitable descent.

And I'm certainly not kissing my ass goodbye- I've been much worse off financially, and am pretty adaptable, anyway. I just don't think either candidate can do much to make things better, and it's not just an issue of competency- the causes of our current economic crisis have been building for decades. A big part of the problem is also American attitude- many Americans are so out of touch with reality that they've forgotten what real poverty is like in much of the world. I just take perverse pleasure in watching people who aren't doing as well financially as they used to (but are still way better off than I've ever been) squirm.